====== 01 Learning ======

===== Videos =====

  * NI: [[https://learn.ni.com/learn/article/labview-tutorial|LabVIEW Tutorial]]
  * NI: [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB968815D7BB78F9C|Getting Started with LabVIEW]] (Youtube)
  * LV MakerHub: [[https://www.labviewmakerhub.com/doku.php?id=learn:tutorials:labview:basics|LabVIEW Basics]]

===== Other Resources =====

  * [[https://www.gcentral.org/g-community-resources/community-training-image|Community Training Initiative (CTI)]]

===== Online Courses =====

  * https://ni.learn.com
    * Core 1 - 3

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===== CLD Exam =====

Materials you can go through:

  * Badges
    * [[https://education.ni.com/badges/pathways/4|LabVIEW Application Development Learnpath]]
    * open Additional Online Learning Resource in second window
  * LabVIEW Help --> Fundamentals --> Application Development and Design Guidelines
  * [[https://www.ni.com/en-gb/innovations/videos/13/labview-tech-webcast--certified-labview-developer-exam-preparati.html|webcast]]
  * [[https://www.ni.com/en-gb/support/documentation/supplemental/06/rules-to-wire-by----part-i.html|rules to wire part I]]
  * [[https://www.ni.com/en-gb/support/documentation/supplemental/06/rules-to-wire-by----part-ii.html|rules to wire part II]]
  * [[http://learn-cf.ni.com/custed/Certification/Prep%20Material/CLD/cld_exam_prep_guide_english.pdf|preparation guide]]
  * [[http://learn-cf.ni.com/custed/Certification/Prep%20Material/CLD/cld_success_package.zip|success package]]
  * [[http://learn-cf.ni.com/custed/Certification/Prep%20Material/CLD/cld_sample_exams_english.zip|sample exams]]
  * WUELUG13 Session
    * Adrienn
      * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAXqqLvKBD0|video]]
      * [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ikLHYKsJn0sVoHJGD0HLLKgUB4LBTTwe/view?usp=sharing|slides]]
    * Elwood
      * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXIOInQWwOA|video]]
    * Andreas
      * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzJpMLFmnsE|video]]
      * [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WkAj_d033w58_ueqf2hcGilvrtuLiMv8/view?usp=sharing|slides]]

preparation
  * write VI Analyzer config for checking style and documentation
  * create a virtual machine with new LV installation, without any VI-Packages installed
  * delete the lv.ini before you start on a task
  * be able to implement standard functionality in no time at all
    * FGV Timer with all options (start, check, reset, auto-reset, pause, more?)
    * File IO (csv, ini, more?)
    * State Machine 
    * QMH 
    * Producer, Consumer with events

during the exam:

  * general
    * Timing is the hardest challenge
    * max 4h
    * reserve first 15 - 20 minutes for reading
    * plan your state machine / flow chart / whatever on paper
    * create standard framework, e.g. state machine template should be ready after first hour
    * start with something easy e.g. the Timer FGV you know by heart to have a good feeling at the beginning
    * if you don't know how to implement a feature, skip it and come to it back later (create a dummy.vi with bookmarkmanager #todo)
    * focus on code quality and documentation continuously
    * test, test, test
    * reserve last 20 minutes for clean-up
    * use a template VI (VI Icon, Comment, VI-Description, Error in & out, Module Data in & out)
    * bring your own mouse and keyboard
    * save directly on the usb-stick
    * use auto-populated folder
    * main.vi should not be broken
    * implement only what is needed, keep it simple!
  * exam evaluation
    * programming style: 15 points
    * functionality: 15 points
    * documentation: 10 points
    * with 28 of 40 points, you pass the exam
    * style & docu make already 25 points, so focus on them before implementing another feature
  * documentation: edit
    * VI description
    * label names
    * cluster names
    * comments
    * just write names to be fast, content is not important
    * FP controls properties: tip strip & description
  * style
    * position of wires, subVIs, etc
    * VI icons e.g. glyph and name
    * subdiagram labels
    * align FP elements to connector pane (shortcut)
    * avoid nestes case structures
    * avoid crossing wires
  * lv.ini
    * take a few minutes to adjust e.g.
    * enable subdiagram labels visible by default
    * show created constant labels
  * recommendation on state machine / features
    * keep it simple
    * implement the requirement, don't think about the future and make it elegant